2007

The Year in Launches (2007 Edition)

6:40 am PST • December 31, 2007

Rounding out our year-end lists—see also the Most Popular Posts of 2007, the Year in TechCrunch Headlines, the Year in Deals, and the Year in Deadpool—here is a selection of…

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New Years Eve, Live On The Net

2:38 am PST • December 31, 2007

Another year has passed us all, and 2008 beckons tomorrow. For those not out and about this New Years Eve, here’s a few places you can join the experience online:…

Hardware

iPod Touch does VoIP

10:59 pm PST • December 30, 2007

There you have it, the first VoIP call made on the Touch. Software should be out tomorrow so keep your eyes peeled for our very own hands on video.

Hardware

Video of 1.1.3 for the iPhone

10:55 pm PST • December 30, 2007

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Australia Joins China In Censoring The Internet

10:06 pm PST • December 30, 2007

The Australian Government has announced that they will be joining China as one of the few countries globally that broadly censor the internet. The Labor Party’s policy was announced prior…

A Sign Of The Times

9:19 pm PST • December 30, 2007

Omnipresence was another big theme in 2007 with Twitter brining always on, always available communication to the masses. Whether this is merely the beginning of a broader trend, or something…

8Apps Rounds Out The Deadpool for 2007

6:53 pm PST • December 30, 2007

Online application provider 8Apps has announced that it will be shutting in January. 8apps offered collaborative online tools not dissimilar to those offered by 37signals. According to a post by…

Some poor kid was expecting to receive a new iPod (Touch or Classic not specified) but instead received what appears to be a viral message from either a filthy commie…

An XBL user has reported that his account has been hacked for apparently the third time just recently. The hacker actually responded to a message from the hackee with the…

Hardware

CrunchDeals: Refurbed Slingbox AV on Woot

10:47 am PST • December 30, 2007

If you’ve been pondering the purchase of a Slingbox then this may be your chance to get on the wagon. Woot has some refurbs for only $75 shipped. It’s a…

Hardware

The Penryns are coming!

10:37 am PST • December 30, 2007

With CES two weeks away things are leaking left and right. This time around we’re finding out who has Intel’s 45nm Penryn processors lurking within shiny new notebooks. Ok, so…

Owners of a WD MBWE with intermediate Linux experience looking for a good time should hop on over to Martin Hinner’s site. I don’t own one so I have no…

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Microsoft has taken its marketing push for Windows Vista and Windows Live into enemy territory by offering demonstration videos on YouTube (example above). The new channel (link) was launched December…

Zivity is definitely one of the most controversial startups of 2007. It’s the first (as far as we know) adult site to have received Silicon Valley backing, including an announced…

Hardware

1.1.3 is real and it's fabulous

10:44 pm PST • December 29, 2007

http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fcreationsnet%2Eblip%2Etv%2Ffile%2F567816%2F%3Fskin%3Drss%26sort%3Ddate&fullscreenpage=http%3A%2F%2Fblip%2Etv%2Ffullscreen%2Ehtml&fsreturnpage=http%3A%2F%2Fblip%2Etv%2Fexitfullscreen%2Ehtml&showfsbutton=true&brandlink=http%3A%2F%2Fcreationsnet%2Eblip%2Etv%2F&brandname=cre%2Eations%2Enet&showguidebutton=false&showplayerpath=http%3A%2F%2Fblip%2Etv%2Fscripts%2Fflash%2Fshowplayer%2Eswf Whoa. 1.1.3 icon moving in the flesh. Pretty cool stuff. It looks like this is the real deal and folks like Nate and the inventors of iBrickr got this…

Gmail To Offer Friend Updates?

6:47 pm PST • December 29, 2007

Google Operating System has found code that would suggest that GTalk within Gmail may soon offer friend updates, similar to what is offered by services such as Plaxo. Some more…

Subvert And Profit Unapologetically Targets YouTube

3:46 pm PST • December 29, 2007

Subvert And Profit is a service that lets users pay to get their sites on Digg (and more recently StumbleUpon). Unlike Pay Per Post, the company doesn’t waste a lot…

Hardware

Photos of Pentax K200D surface?

1:38 pm PST • December 29, 2007

PMA is about a month away so the rumor mill is slowly building steam. The K100D has been cleared from Pentax’s site and I can see why the K200D would…

A reader writes: I got my girlfriend an Amazon Kindle for xmas and over the past few days it has progressively gotten worse and worse screen damage, despite barely being…

Hardware

1.1.3 iPhone firmware pix

8:29 am PST • December 29, 2007

Dru at Gearlive saw him some 1.1.3 firmware and discovered: The ability to send an SMS message to multiple people is now there * Google Maps application can now pinpoint…

Glogster is a new service that lets users create web pages (they call them posters) using Flash elements. Upload photos, songs, text and other stuff, drag it around, and call…

Jim Choma's Career Joins The Deadpool, Maybe

3:16 am PST • December 29, 2007

If there was one defining breakthrough in 2007 as opposed to the year before, it was live video. From Justin.tv through to the gauntlet of clones live video made its…

Stop with the ‘Tattoo Designs’ already Optimus announces another dope keyboard that doesn’t really exist Boston gets cellphone reception on T, thinks Yankees suck Women can’t fly ships! Wiimote Gamer…

Digg May Land Digg Girl Record Contract

9:31 pm PST • December 28, 2007

Kina Grannis, the girl behind the now internet famous “Digg Song” (video above) has been approached by a record company interested in discussing a record deal. Artists signing deals as…

Hardware

Blizzard raps back

8:11 pm PST • December 28, 2007

Blizzard, pull your head out of your ass. Just because some snot-nosed foreigner makes a video for YouTube rapping about a patch for Warcraft III does not give you the…

Hardware

Say it ain't so, Ubisoft

7:38 pm PST • December 28, 2007

You can’t seriously be working on a sequel to one of the worst Wii games ever, right? I assumed the previous rumors were, that, just rumors. You better have better…

20 Free Blogfuse Accounts For TechCrunch Readers

7:11 pm PST • December 28, 2007

Kansas based Blogfuse is a Facebook application creator for bloggers that allows content from blogs to be turned into a native Facebook application. The service is as simple to use…

Do you often find your Wiimote airborne? Is the included strap too wussy for your bulging Bowling muscles? Are you tired of beaning your roommate in the melon each time…